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''Jack of Shadows'' is a ScienceFantasy novella by Creator/RogerZelazny about the lives and times of a man named Jack.
The setting is a world that does not rotate, so that one side is always facing toward the sun and one side is always facing away. On the Dayside, high-tech science rules, while the Nightside is home to magical creatures.
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''Jack of Shadows'' is a ScienceFantasy novella byCreator/RogerZelazny about the lives and times of a man named Jack.
The settingCreator/RogerZelazny, which was published in 1971. It is set on a world that does not rotate, so that one side is always facing toward the sun and one side is always facing away. On the Dayside, high-tech science rules, while the Nightside is home to magical creatures.
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The titular Jack is a Nightside dweller, but one with a unique quirk - instead of having his power bound to a specific location like everyone else, it is drawn from the shadow itself. This means that he is helpless in daylight '''or''' in pure darkness (since shadows are cast by the light), but enormously powerful once he finds any shadow to nest in.
''Jack of Shadows'' is a ScienceFantasy novella by
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The titular Jack is a Nightside dweller, but one with a unique quirk - instead of having his power bound to a specific location like everyone else, it is drawn from the shadow itself. This means that he is helpless in daylight '''or''' in pure darkness (since shadows are cast by the light), but enormously powerful once he finds any shadow to nest in.
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* BadassBoast: "I am Jack of Shadows! Shadowjack the Thief! I was beheaded in Igles and rose again in the Dung Pits of Glyve. I duped the lord of High Dudgeon in his keep and took his prize and pride. I am the prisoner in the jewel. I am the breaker of the Compact. I drank the blood of a vampire and ate a stone. So beware, all those who love the Lord of Bats or loathe me, for I have named myself Jack of Shadows!"
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* BadassBoast: "I am Jack of Shadows! Shadowjack the Thief! I was beheaded in Igles and rose again in the Dung Pits of Glyve. [[TricksterArchetype I duped the lord of High Dudgeon in his keep keep]] and took his prize and pride. [[TailorMadePrison I am the prisoner in the jewel. jewel.]] I am the breaker of the Compact. [[MuggingTheMonster I drank the blood of a vampire and ate a stone. stone.]] So beware, all those who love the Lord of Bats or loathe me, for I have named myself Jack of Shadows!"Shadows!"
* BestServedCold: Jack's revenge is a ''long'' time in coming.
* BestServedCold: Jack's revenge is a ''long'' time in coming.
* DemonLordsAndArchDevils: [[spoiler: Jack finally deduces Morningstar's identity near the end of the book.]]
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Certain Darksider names, such as "The Colonel Who Never Died," and "The Key That Was Lost."
* {{Irony}}: Jack escapes his imprisonment by the Lord of Bats by [[spoiler: forging his name on the Compact as current protector of the Shield.]] He notes that his opponent was the true guardian, and that if either of them had been minding their actual business, none of the plot would have happened.
* ImpossibleTask: Stealing the Hellflame for Evene's bride-price.
* MayflyDecemberRomance: Jack and Rosalie. He promised to come back for her...and does--an unspecified number of decades later, long after she has grown old and begun to resent the fact.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Jack does realize that [[MindRape what he has done to Evene]] is unpardonable--but he fears to undo it, as being freed would drive her utterly insane.
* ImpossibleTask: Stealing the Hellflame for Evene's bride-price.
* MayflyDecemberRomance: Jack and Rosalie. He promised to come back for her...and does--an unspecified number of decades later, long after she has grown old and begun to resent the fact.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Jack does realize that [[MindRape what he has done to Evene]] is unpardonable--but he fears to undo it, as being freed would drive her utterly insane.
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: [[spoiler: Evene to the Lord of Bats...eventually.]]
* PetTheDog: Jack ''tries'' to do this with Rosie. [[BlueAndOrangeMorality He can't quite get the hang of it, however.]]
* PetTheDog: Jack ''tries'' to do this with Rosie. [[BlueAndOrangeMorality He can't quite get the hang of it, however.]]
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: A low-key one when Jack finds [[spoiler: of Rosalie's death.]]
* SueDonym: Jack of Shadows becomes "Professor John Shade" on the Dayside.
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* AlwaysNight: The Nightside, the half of the planet that is always facing away from the sun.
* BadassBoast: "I am Jack of Shadows! Shadowjack the Thief! I was beheaded in Igles and rose again in the Dung Pits of Glyve. I duped the lord of High Dudgeon in his keep and took his prize and pride. I am the prisoner in the jewel. I am the breaker of the Compact. I drank the blood of a vampire and ate a stone. So beware, all those who love the Lord of Bats or loathe me, for I have named myself Jack of Shadows!"
* BadassBoast: "I am Jack of Shadows! Shadowjack the Thief! I was beheaded in Igles and rose again in the Dung Pits of Glyve. I duped the lord of High Dudgeon in his keep and took his prize and pride. I am the prisoner in the jewel. I am the breaker of the Compact. I drank the blood of a vampire and ate a stone. So beware, all those who love the Lord of Bats or loathe me, for I have named myself Jack of Shadows!"
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* NakedOnRevival: Anyone who is resurrected in the Dung Pits of Glyve.
* RespawnPoint: If anyone gets killed before exhausting his finite supply of lives, he is resurrected in the Dung Pits of Glyve at the east pole of the planet.
* RespawnPoint: If anyone gets killed before exhausting his finite supply of lives, he is resurrected in the Dung Pits of Glyve at the east pole of the planet.
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* SpeakOfTheDevil: Jack's powers include the ability to hear any person who speaks his name in shadow, and to continue listening in until they move out of it.
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* EternalEngine: There is a Machine at the Heart of the World (the purpose of which is to stop the Earth from rotating).
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* ShadowWalker: This is one of Jack's signature abilities.
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A fantasy novella by writer Creator/RogerZelazny about the lives and times of a man named Jack.
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!!This novella features examples of:
* DarkIsEvil / DarkIsNotEvil: It's a relative thing. Jack is a pretty bad guy from the beginning, but there ''is'' a significant difference between the Jack of Shadows and the man they call "Jack of Evil".
* EvilOverlord: A fair approximation of what Jack becomes.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Jack picks up the habit dayside.
* InTheHood: Jack wears one.
* {{Revenge}}: Becomes Jack's driving motive... in the interim.
* VillainProtagonist: Jack.
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!!This novella features examples of:
* DarkIsEvil / DarkIsNotEvil: It's a relative thing. Jack is a pretty bad guy from the beginning, but there ''is'' a significant difference between the Jack of Shadows and the man they call "Jack of Evil".
* EvilOverlord: A fair approximation of what Jack becomes.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Jack picks up the habit dayside.
* InTheHood: Jack wears one.
* {{Revenge}}: Becomes Jack's driving motive... in the interim.
* VillainProtagonist: Jack.
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